Idler pulley
#1
Idler pulley
So I am in the process of changing out the water pump on my piece of **** maxima. Drained coolant from radiator and move the two hoses off of the thermostat for room. Removed tire, splash shield; put the car on stands. Now I loosened the tension on pulley and when I tried to remove the center nut from the pulley ... on the first try the ****ing nut rounded off. There is absolutely no room for a socket to get on with having to remove the engine mounts and lower then engine. I borrowed a 14mm wrench from my friend, it is about 12 inches long and provides lots of torque. Now from rounding the nut off I can not even get the ****ing wrench on the nut. The only other thing I can think of doing but I know it will destroy the pulley is to heat up the nut with a torch and just use pliers to get the nut off.
Has anyone else had this much trouble? It seems to me as my car is one big pile of ****ty rust. Bad enough that Nissans have rust problems to begin with. Any help would be appreciated.
Has anyone else had this much trouble? It seems to me as my car is one big pile of ****ty rust. Bad enough that Nissans have rust problems to begin with. Any help would be appreciated.
#2
If you have a dremel use a cutoff blade and cut the nut off.It seems that there is really no way around replacing the $77 idle pulley anytime you touch it.you really dont want to heat it because there is a bearing in the pulley.
#4
Ya I was thinking that ... I know heating up the nut will destroy the bearing. I was just afraid this is what it would come to and the only way is to spend the money that I don't have at the moment and don't want to. First I will try sanding off the burrs and using the longer wrench. If that way does not work I will just cut the pulley off and buy a new one.
#5
Ya I was thinking that ... I know heating up the nut will destroy the bearing. I was just afraid this is what it would come to and the only way is to spend the money that I don't have at the moment and don't want to. First I will try sanding off the burrs and using the longer wrench. If that way does not work I will just cut the pulley off and buy a new one.
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